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MSU Legend Jim Ashmore Dies; The Morning Bell: Sunday, December 17, 2023

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MSU Legend Jim Ashmore Dies; The Morning Bell: Sunday, December 17, 2023
MSU Legend Jim Ashmore Dies; The Morning Bell: Sunday, December 17, 2023

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Today’s Schedule

• Women's Basketball: Mississippi State at Memphis, 2 p.m. CT, Live Audio

• Men's Basketball at Magnolia Madness, Mississippi State vs. North Texas, at Tupelo, Miss, 3 p.m., SEC Network+, Live Video, Live Audio, Live Stats

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Did You Notice?

• Mississippi State announced that Jim Ashmore, its first basketball player to top 1,000 career points, passed away earlier this week. He was 88 years old. He was a three-time All-SEC selection in 1954-55, 1955-56 and 1956-57. He is one of two players in State history to average over 20 points per game (Bailey Howell the other), and his 1,918 points are still fourth on the program's all-time list. 

• ESPN reported that New Mexico State defensive backs coach Cliff Odom is headed to Mississippi State as special teams coordinator. The move will complete Jeff Lebby's initial coaching staff. He's the son of 13-year NFL veteran Cliff Odom, Sr., who played linebacker for the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins. 

• The men's basketball team will play for the fifth time ever in Tupelo, when it tips off against North Texas on Sunday afternoon.  

• The women's basketball team will face Memphis for the 31st time, and first since 2008 (81-49 at Humphrey Coliseum). It'll be the first meeting inside Elma Roane Fieldhouse since MSU won 92-57 on Dec. 2, 2007.

Daily Dose of Mike Leach:

“Well, you’re going to be dead in a hundred years anyway, so live dangerously.”

— Mike Leach 

We’ll Leave You with This…

Offensive lineman Makylan Pounders was once committed to Mississippi State, but flipped to Ole Miss and ended up at Memphis. Unit ... 

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the publisher of Cowbell Corner. He's covered college athletics since 2004, and is the author of 26 books. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Walsh is also the publisher of BamaCentral and MizzouCentral in the SI/FanNation network.

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